Milk-bottle and carrier for same.



A. E. BELL.

MILK BOTTLE AND CARRIER FOR SAME.

APPLICATION HLED APR.13. 191i.

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ALBERT E. BELL, 0F HARBOR SPRINGS, MICHIGAN.

MILK-BOTTLE AND CARRIER FOR SAME.

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Application filed April 13. 1917. Serial No. 161,816.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. BELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Harbor Springs, in the county of Emmet and State ofMichigan, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Milk-Bottles andCarriers for the Same, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to milk bottles and carriers for the same,reference bein had particularly to that class of milk bott es orcontainers which are made of paper and which are intended to be used butonce.

The invention has for its object to produce a conicalmilk bottle havinga liquid proof closure, and a carrier whereby said bottle may be veryconveniently manipulated, thus enabling the bottle to be made of muchthinner and less expensive material than would otherwise be required inits construction.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the carrier that aplurality thereof containing milk bottles may be conveniently packed ina box or crate to facilitate the handling and distribution thereof.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described andparticularly pointed out inthe claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing;

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the bottle and the carrier forthe same showing also in section a portion of a crate supporting thecarrier.

Fig.2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1. v

Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation in in verted position for deliveringthe bottle or container. 7

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are denotedby like characters of reference.

The bottle or container 15 is made in conical form of moderately heavypaper or thin paste board which is rendered impervious to liquid bycoating the same with.

p araflin wax or other liquid proof material. For the large open end ofthe contamer 15 a closure 16 is provided, said closure consisting of adisk having a circumferential flange of substantially U-shaped crosssection, said flange comprising an inner wall 17 and an outer wall 18,the mouth portion of the container being received between said wallportions. The closure member is also coated with paraffin wax to renderit impervious to liquid. The inner wall portion 17 should fit snuglywithin the mouth of the container where it may be firmly secured by theapplication of heat sufficiently to melt the paraihn wax coatings on theopposed faces of the container and the closure member.

It is intended to construct the container 15 of thin and inexpensivematerial which,

while sufficiently strong for the purpose,

would not permit much handling of the container when filled. Tofacilitate the handling I therefore provide a carrier 21 of conicalshape approximately corresponding to that of the container and of suchdimensions that the container when nested therein as seen in Figs. 1 and2 will project slightly above the mouth or open end of the carrier. Thiscarrier, .which may beinexpensively made of tin or other sheet metal, isprovided near the large open end thereof with an external flange ormolding 22 which affords a means whereby it may be convenientlymanipulated and which also serves to form an annular shoulder 23. Anumber of such carriers, in each of which a container 15- is placed, maybe packed in a crate a portion of which is shown at 24, said cratehaving a horizontal partition 25 provided with apertures 26 wherein thecarriers may be placed, the shoulder 23 of each carrier being supportedon the top face of the partition.

In distributing the containers filled with milk, the salesman lifts theindividual carriers from the crate and delivers the container from thecarrier by inverting the same, leaving the container'standing on itslarge end as seen in Fig. 4. The contents may be taken from thecontainer by cutting, clipping or otherwise removin the apex portionfrom the cone, from which the contents may then be poured as (lESlIGd.

While the present invention has been described as a milk bottle, it isobvious that it may be utilized as a container for liquids of otherkinds.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

p A carrier for milk bottles or the like, comprising a body of conicalform fully open at the larger end and having the free edge at suchlarger end formed into a return bend in contact with the outer surfaceof the spect to the body to present the edge of such flange in annularspaced relation to the body to form an engaging member to rest upon thesurface of a support.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.-

ALBERT E. BELL.

